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An experiment showed that getting more sleep leads to better academic performance.

A sacred symbol of Japan, Mount Fuji is now paying the price for its beauty. Between crowds of hikers, eroded trails, and mountains of trash, the iconic volcano has become the epitome of overtourism in Japan.

As the BBC notes, before the 1980s, it was believed that life could not survive more than 30 centimeters underground.

Last weekend, thousands of people protested in the small town of Sóller, on the island of Mallorca, against mass tourism, which they say is driving up rents and making life increasingly unaffordable for local residents. The protesters filled the central square with banners and slogans denouncing what they call an unsustainable “tourism monoculture,” in which visitors take priority over residents.

The heat wave that struck Europe this summer has led to both an increase in mortality and economic losses, as revealed in a Triodos Bank report titled “The Economics of Heat.”

China is preparing for the arrival of Typhoon Dolphin on its densely populated east coast by implementing large-scale emergency measures. The China Meteorological Administration issued a red alert—the highest level—on Sunday morning, forecasting exceptionally heavy rainfall in Zhejiang, as well as heavy precipitation expected on Monday in Shanghai and several neighboring provinces.

In a feature published in The New York Times, the renowned American newspaper, The Hague is presented as the ideal destination for a “coolcation”: a place to escape the heat of southern Europe.

A buoy located near the island of Sa Dragonera, west of Mallorca (Spain), recorded a sea surface temperature of 33.2°C. This may be the highest temperature ever measured in the Mediterranean Sea. This was announced by Aemet, the Spanish meteorological service, which recorded the temperature on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m.

Once released into the environment, PFAS (forever chemicals) degrade very slowly and can cause long-term contamination of the air, soil, water, and living organisms. But a researcher may have found a solution...